The Big Ten has been a mess, and after a little more than a quarter of the season has passed we are ready to had out some grades. And they are not pretty.
Before the season began the Big Ten looked to be a quality conference... Read more

We have seen the usual games to open the season with the San Jose States, Ohios and McNeese States taking to the road for a game check, but this week, some of the big boys are packing their white jerseys and hitting the road... Read more

To quote my Big Ten Players of the Week blog entry from Monday (for lack of creativity on my part putting the state of the conference in simplest terms):
To state that Big Ten football has seen better days would be an understatement... Read more

I’ll admit that I wasn’t the biggest fan of the penalties that the NCAA levied on Penn State in July 2012 – I didn’t think that taking future postseasons and future scholarships away from innocent students was the best way to deal with the... Read more

Penn State's post season eligibility has been restored and the school will be allowed to retur to a full compliment of 85 scholarships starting next year, according to a statement released by the NCAA... Read more

The first week of Big Ten action is over, and there was a lot to take away from the action.
The conference won 12 of 14 matchups in the opening week. Only Northwestern and Wisconsin came up short in their bids to get off to a winning start... Read more

Bayou Babies:
Wisconsin might be wasting its time studying film of LSU, the No. 14 Badgers' opponent in Baton Rouge this week.
Some of the 13th-ranked Tigers' best weapons were in high school this time last year... Read more

Last week, we brought you the All-Big Ten defense in the BCS era. Now, it is time for the offense.
Where the defense provided many areas of argument and debate the offensive side of the ball arguably offers more... Read more

The BCS was a controversial system, but no one can argue the excitement that it brought on a week-in-week-out basis.
A lot of talent passed through the Big Ten during the BCS era, and we here at Football... Read more

About

The Penn State Nittany Lions represent the Pennsylvania State University and have been active in the intercollegiate game since 1888. They have rivalries with a number of schools, including Alabama, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Ohio State.

In 2011, former assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky, was arrested and charged with a string of sexual assaults on underage boys at the university. Several others were caught up in the scandal, including the team's legendary head coach, Joe Paterno. It was said that Paterno had failed to notify the police of an incident he had heard evidence of. The outrage eventually led to his dismissal. After Sandusky was conviced of the assaults, the NCAA fined the Penn State program $60 million, imposed a four year ban from bowl games on the team and vacated all of their wins from 1998 to 2011.

Over the years, the team have completed seven unbeaten and untied seasons. They have won two consensus National Championships, with the wins coming in 1982 and 1986. Other selectors have named them as National Champions in 1911, 1912, 1969, 1981 and 1994. The team has spent most of its history as an independent, but joined the Big Ten Conference in 1990. Since that time, they have won three Big Ten Conference Championships, in 1994, 2005 and 200, although the latter two were rescinded as part of their punishment for the sex abuse scandal.

Notable former players include the 1973 Heisman Trophy winner, John Cappelletti; Pro Football Hall of Fame inducteee, Dave Robinson and the 1994 Chicago Tribune Silver Football and Maxwell Award winner, Kerry Collins.

The team play their home games at Beaver Stadium, formerly known as Beaver Field. The venue opened in 1960 and has been renovated several times since. It currently has an official capacity of 106,572, although the record attendance was set at 110,753 for a game against Nebraska in 2002.